Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iraq, even if Saddam Hussein is removed from office, his successors are likely to form a military dictatorship or a theocratic regime. Meanwhile, there were hints from Kuwait that the Emir, having been so slow to return home, is now in no hurry to re-establish a national assembly...
...Prophet Muhammad taught that all men are equal. Over the centuries Islam has nourished scientists, philosophers, architects and writers. But the last phrase of the Koran's injunction to "obey Allah, the messenger and those of you who are in authority" is a boon to autocrats. Saddam pretends devotion when it suits his purposes. He has gone from murdering clerics to proclaiming a jihad and televising his prayers during...
...land where things are the way they are because God says so, the all important question is, Who says he says so? In Iraq the answer is still Saddam. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, it's still the royal family. That much some of the war's winners and its loser have in common...
...power in the Middle East must now reckon with two contradictory axioms. One is that most countries in the area support some form of regional arms control. The other is that they all want billions of dollars' worth of additional weapons for themselves. Though the trauma of facing down Saddam's war machine made clear the folly of Western and Soviet arms sales to Iraq, it also left Arab nations and Israel no less apt to conclude that happiness -- or at least security -- is a warm...
...also in the market to make arms sales. During a visit to Moscow last week, British Prime Minister John Major appealed to Mikhail Gorbachev for his cooperation. The Soviet leader is reported to have intimated that he would agree to an embargo against Iraq only for as long as Saddam remained in power. That may be the best anyone can hope for. Every major war in the Middle East has been followed by a major escalation in the regional arms race. This time, too, visions of a new world order may be no match for business as usual...